In this blog I will be giving my political opinions on both issues at home and abroad.
I will also focus on the issues that affect the people of Ipswich and in particular those who live in Rushmere Ward.
I will also try and give an insight to how I will be campaigning in Rushmere and Ipswich as we fight against the savage cuts imposed by this Tory Government

Saturday, 10 May 2008

Labour Athletic FC- 1919/20 (Ipswich)

John Cook at the Ipswich office passed on this picture of Labour Athletic FC, who played in the the B section of the second division of the Ipswich and District Football league in 1919/20, this was the first season after World War I, the team managed a third place against the likes of Great Eastern Railway, Manningtree United, Old Nactonians Reserves and Zoar Athletic!

2 comments:

Thanks for posting this on your blog. A couple of extra notes. The bloke in the bow tie is Peter Jackson, first ever Labour MP for Ipswich. The photo was brought into the Party Office by an Ipswich constituent whose father was a member of the team. He died when she was a child, so the photo is a much treasured possession of hers.

About Me

I am 55 and married with two children, I stood for the Labour Party in the Rushmere Ward in Ipswich at 2006 and 2007 local elections and then won it for Labour on May 1st 2008 with a majority of 13 before retaining the seat in 2012 with a majority of over 500. I retaining the seat again in 2016.
I live in the ward and I was born in Ipswich and both my parents (Annie and Peter Ross) were Labour councillors in Ipswich.
I went to Tower Ramparts School in the town (Yes, it was a school before it became a shopping centre!)
In 1978, I left Ipswich to join the army. I spent 24 years in the Royal Green Jackets, serving in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Kosova.
Since leaving the army in 2002, I have worked in a local school.
I spent 2009 back with the army, 7 months in Sangin, Afghanistan as Operations Warrant Officer with 2 Rifles.
I am the campaign organisor in Rushmere
Sport is my other great interest and I was one of the founding members of the Ipswich Town Independent Supporters Trust.